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I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine; I do not think in those terms.--Werner Herzog, Herzog on Herzog

Ultimately, I manually re-typed my entire writing sample from my (extensively corrected) hard copy, which was the only way I could guarantee (to my own psychological satisfaction) that every sentence was solid. It turns out that physically re-typing something is an excellent way to pinpoint where the manuscript is bloated by absurd assumptions and meaningless rhetoric and other bad things of which I had an abundance.

Oh, man! The sweet feeling of an undone responsibility, the mounting stress, the corresponding anxiety, and the dimly perceived crest of something that feels suspiciously like depression! It's like the summer of 2005 all over again!